Certainly don't put that in a contract.If I'm selling the place, I may agree to split a % of the sale price or estimated price, this becomes more of an equity partner than an employment contract.

A dozen properties takes less than an hour per month. 

Personally I would want the security of the well planned house hack investment rather than an expensive ring but I am a practical person.

Definitely not an exhaustive list, but those are trades that I'll waste tons of time on and likely do subpar work when I can pay a pro who will do it in 10% of the time and the labor costs are pretty reasonable. 

I think a more appropriate question to get a better quote1) Instead of doors, it should be properties.If you are okay with tracking by the overall property.If you also want further tracking by unit, it would be more work and likely a larger bill.2) How many Accounts do you have(Bank Accounts, Credit Cards and mortgages)3) How many transactions do you have per account, 50 transactions will take more time/work than an 5 monthly transactions.

But with smaller chips to play with and less than an hour drive Jersey gets the job done.

One big advantage of this strategy is you can use conventional financing with a lower amount down as it will be your primary residence which also has a lower interest rate than an income property loan.On your question about buying section 8 rentals, I think this is also a good strategy to add to your portfolio and you can buy section 8 duplexes in Lansing, MI for around 100K and its a great rental and investment market.To your success!

Beyond advising on Immigration issues (pretty significant value added if you're a foreign national), my strongest assets are writing, exhaustively researching a topic (I was published twice in law school), and looking at things from multiple points of view.Thanks in advance, looking forward to working with everybody out there.

(You know, all the cool stuff that attracts people like you).Investors start seeing all the money being spent on this sorts of stuff, and decide to come buy up land and create all sorts of new, cool trendy pubs, bars, restaurants, yogurt shops and other stuff you might not expect to find in a city of this size, which attracts even more of your peers.10-20 years from now when 50% of the workforce might work from home, or some high speed rail gets built that connects Sacramento and Stockton to the Bay Area in less than an hour, you'll look back and realize making the move to Sacramento was one of the best decisions you've ever made......And so will every investor who bought property here and the let the appreciation and rent growth boat take their portfolio to new heights.I'm the perfect example... bought a single family home in October 2016 for $260k with only 5% down... remodeled both bathrooms, painted, replaced the AC and pool pump and that's it.

Additionally, a package of 24 single family properties will more than likely be scattered all over the city and county and the time and effort it takes to manage that portfolio could be extensively more involved than an apartment complex where all 24-units are in one location.